In the morning, Lu Zhe diligently carved out another square meter of space.
To increase the comfort of the stone house, he reserved a spot for a stone table.
Now six people could sit properly at the dining table and have their meals.
In the afternoon, Lu Zhe began preparing for recharging.
He used the stomach acid of a python he had previously kept, along with two alligators, a large quantity of lemons, copper wires, aluminum sheets, and the zinc from dead batteries in an electric shaver...
He used everything that was usable.
Shen Bing looked outside at the two alligators lying on their backs and couldn't help but feel surprised. "Lu Zhe, why did you slaughter both alligators?"
Lu Zhe sighed. "Ah, since I couldn't get usable batteries from the plane, I had to make do with the alligators. But one day, when I can get usable batteries... I swear I won't use an alligator to generate electricity again."
Shen Bing nodded. "I can see that you're sincere."
"Of course! I've already planned it out. When I return to China, I'll establish an alligator protection organization, specifically advocating against using alligators as batteries!"
Shen Bing forced a smile. "Apart from you, I don't think there's anyone else in the world using alligators to generate electricity."
"Is that a compliment?"
"Mhm."
The Monopoly game for the girls was already set up, and they played for a while, making some oral modifications to the rules.
Lu Zhe had almost finished recharging his batteries.
Ning Shu's phone battery was fully charged, and the drone's battery was at 80%!
Given the limited conditions, achieving this was already quite remarkable.
The girls were also fascinated by the flying device and gathered around with curious eyes.
"With a control range of five kilometers, if we're in the center of the island, this flying device can practically explore every corner for us."
"It must be so much fun!"
"I can't help but feel excited!"
"Super excited!"
Lu Zhe said, "Who can check outside and see how heavy the rain is?"
Jiang Yao pushed open the door and took a look. "Wind force 2-3, moderate rain!"
"Jiang Yao is so professional!"
Jiang Yao shook her head. "I'm not professional at all. I just guessed based on my feelings!"
Lu Zhe also took a moment to feel it. "Don't underestimate yourself; you guessed pretty accurately."
Then he turned on the drone, and the display screen above the controller showed several faces.
The girls were all pretty and cute, and there was a bearded guy with long hair in the middle...
Lu Zhe was shocked. "Damn, is that me?"
"Isn't this how you always look, rugged and all?"
"Um, Shen Bing, can you help me tidy up a bit? Cut my hair shorter and shave off all my facial hair!"
Shen Bing sighed. "You can cut your hair, but don't shave off your facial hair. It gives you a mature and masculine look, which I think is quite good!"
The four girls chimed in together, "We think it's not good!"
"Yeah, being handsome is more youthful!"
"Otherwise, you'll look like an uncle!"
The girls of different age groups had some differing opinions on Lu Zhe's appearance, but in the end, they decided to go with the majority.
Lu Zhe felt a bit embarrassed by the situation.
He turned on the searchlight, instantly filling the stone house with brightness, nearly blinding everyone's eyes.
The girls were caught off guard, covering their eyes and letting out screams of "Ah, ah, ah!"
Lu Zhe said, "Is this what they mean by blindingly handsome?"
"Turn it off quickly..."
Lu Zhe switched off the lights and removed two lamps.
"Although it's darker outside, we can save a lot of power for flying!"
Lu Zhe placed the aircraft on the ground and connected the control stick to Ning Shu's phone via Bluetooth, allowing for a clearer view.
"We can begin now!"
"Where should we start?"
"Let's take an aerial view of our little island first!"
Lu Zhe carefully maneuvered the aircraft, and with the whirring sound of the propellers, it slowly took off!
Through the aircraft's camera, Lu Zhe saw the scene inside the cabin.
Once outside the stone house, nothing could be seen.
At this moment, there was a prompt in the bottom right corner of the aircraft's image, asking whether to use night vision.
Lu Zhe marveled, "Impressive, it even has night vision!"
He activated it, and the screen turned green, allowing for a clear outline of the surrounding elements.
A few heads gathered together.
"Look, it's our banyan tree..."
"The treehouse and the spectacled langurs!"
"Their eyes are glowing!"
"It's nighttime, they come out to catch insects for us!"
"Oh look, Wang Cai is awake! I guess it's nocturnal!"
"And there's the sun bear. I was wondering where it went, turns out it's rummaging through our refrigerator!"
"It's also a nocturnal animal, so why is it called a sun bear?"
"Of course, there must be another reason!"
Lu Zhe continued to control the aircraft, slowly ascending, and then adjusted the camera to face directly downwards!
Campsite, mudflat, beach, mountain ridge...
Familiar elements appeared before everyone's eyes, one by one.
Lu Zhe reminded, "Qianqian, you can redraw the topographic map of the island or consider labeling the unmarked locations."
Lin Qianqian took out a notebook and a pen, saying, "No problem!"
Observing the island from a different angle offered a different sensation!
And as the aircraft rose higher, the entire appearance of the island also appeared from a different perspective before everyone's eyes!
"This island is actually so round!"
"I always thought the three ridges formed an elliptical shape, but it turns out to be a perfect circle, except for a large gap on the eastern side."
"Look, there's a volcano! And over there is a lake..."
"A volcano..." Shen Bing pondered, "Lu Zhe, did you notice..."
Lu Zhe nodded, "I did!"
"The name Volcano Island truly matches the island!"
Jiang Yao said, "Of course, there's a volcano!"
Shen Bing smiled, "Are you sure it's just one?"
"Is there more than one?"
"It's so obvious, how could we miss it!"
The girls looked carefully, and suddenly, their faces turned pale!
"This... is the volcano crater..."
"Is it a ridge?"
"That's right!"
Lu Zhe nodded and continued, "Perhaps several hundred million years ago, there was an eruption here! It formed a massive volcano crater!
After several million years, the eastern part of the volcano crater collapsed for some unknown reason, forming a crescent-like structure on the other three sides!"
Although it has been thousands of years without geological activity, it has not ceased! One day, at a certain spot in the volcano, magma erupted, forming a smaller volcano to the north!
Due to the geological activity, seawater and magma met, and the evaporated steam gathered at the mountainside, flowing out to form a small lake!"
"So...,"
"Is this entire island a volcano?"
Lu Zhe nodded, "That's right!"
"If this large volcano erupts, no one can escape."
"That's terrifying!"
Lu Zhe smiled, "Don't worry, this volcano hasn't erupted in hundreds or thousands of years. Are you sure it will erupt when it sees all of us?"
"You're right!"
Just then, a dark shadow swooped in from a distance. Lu Zhe instinctively pressed down, and the aircraft suddenly descended, perfectly avoiding the attack!
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
